Afghan Handover Plan Roiled

Coalition Pulls Out Advisers as Pace of Withdrawal Debated; New Car Bomb Attack on Airport

By

Dion Nissenbaum

February 27, 2012

KABUL—America's plan to hand over responsibility for securing Afghanistan faced unprecedented strains, as the U.S. and its allies withdrew hundreds of military and civilian advisers in Kabul following a string of deadly attacks by Afghan soldiers on American troops.

The U.S., Britain, Germany and France temporarily pulled out the advisers helping the Afghan government on Sunday amid a wave of unrest triggered by the burning of...